It's funny because 99% of people who say that are white privileged upper middle class Americans, who are liberals so they think they can speak for actual disadvantaged minorities.
In reality, the demographic that cares least about news and the constant culture wars around it are usually racial minorities or immigrants. That has been corroborated multiple times by surveys and polls and studies.And growing up as a non white immigrant to a white country, it certainly fits my observation. We usually care more about day to day life and more important, immediate stuff. Even worse, they often have no say and no power in what happens in the grand scheme of things so why even care a lot?
Yet, the argument persists in the mind of "white saviors", since they think that not only people need to care about whatever they do, but that they are good and better for being terminally addicted to never ending news cycles.
Nothing can be further from the truth though, and as always actual minorities are being used for an argument that they have no part in.
Yes that's exactly my point! Some people think that being oppressed or being disprivileged means that you become a lot more affected by day to day news and hyper aware of all the new stuff around you, politically or otherwise.
But that's a deeply privileged take, from people who have a weird and idyllic view of what it means to be a minority or suffering from discrimination,etc. The opposite happens usually, which is sad but that's still reality. Being hyper politicized or hyper partisan is exactly the sign of privilege and it's funny that to see the pervasive narrative that the opposite is somehow true, and that being able to ignore news is a sign of privilege.
In reality, the demographic that cares least about news and the constant culture wars around it are usually racial minorities or immigrants. That has been corroborated multiple times by surveys and polls and studies.And growing up as a non white immigrant to a white country, it certainly fits my observation. We usually care more about day to day life and more important, immediate stuff. Even worse, they often have no say and no power in what happens in the grand scheme of things so why even care a lot?
Yet, the argument persists in the mind of "white saviors", since they think that not only people need to care about whatever they do, but that they are good and better for being terminally addicted to never ending news cycles.
Nothing can be further from the truth though, and as always actual minorities are being used for an argument that they have no part in.